Word: minimalist
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...modest tuition charged to Extension School students is not an overwhelmingly persuasive explanation for such a minimalist ethos. In any case, both at the College and at the Extension School, the cost of tuition does not reflect the true cost of an undergraduate education...
...equivalent of a $750 billion worldwide tax cut over the next 10 years through the reduction in the prices of imported goods. Sure, Gingrich had helped kill Clinton's health- care plan and nearly prevented an ambitious crime bill from becoming law. Just last week he derailed a minimalist lobbying-reform bill, largely because Democrats were for it. But all that was obstructionism as usual. When it came to a trade pact that was seven years in the making, the part-time history professor longed to be a statesman...
...litany of Administration accomplishments, was largely truncated. There was a bit of boasting ("We've done more in 20 months than anybody has in a month of Sundays"), but Clinton's overall tone was plaintive. "One of the things I ran for President about," he said, setting a rather minimalist goal for an activist leader, "was just to get us to face our problems again . . . and go to work on them instead of just talking about them all the time...
Responsible not only for the performance but also for the direction of the play. Brown maximizes the dramatic effect with minimalist staging. The set, designed by James Murdoch, is sparse enough to accomodate the many different kinds of scenes...
...concerned that such a bill could have the effect of raising premiums or boosting the health-care costs of senior citizens, for which he would take the heat. But Leon Panetta, the White House chief of staff, now says the President would be willing to "look" at a minimalist bill...